PayPal Announces Support for Safari Passkeys Feature

[MacRumors]

Popular payments service PayPal today announced that it is introducing support for passkeys, providing an easier and more secure login method for PayPal accounts. Apple integrated passkeys into iOS with the launch of iOS 16, and it is also available in iPadOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura, coming today.

Passkeys are an industry standard developed by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium, so PayPal's passkey integration will work on Apple devices as well as on other devices that support the feature.

PayPal says that passkey logins will be available to iPhone, iPad, and Mac users on the PayPal website, and it will expand to other platforms in the future. Passkeys replace passwords, and will allow users to log in without remembering a password.

To create a passkey, PayPal users can log in to the website and then choose the "Create a passkey" option. Passkeys on iOS and Mac devices sync with iCloud Keychain for security purposes, and logins are authenticated with Face ID or Touch ID.

While PayPal is one of the first companies to implement passkeys support, there are other apps and websites that it works with, including Best Buy, eBay, Dashlane, and Kayak.

Article Link: PayPal Announces Support for Safari Passkeys Feature

 

[Mr. Dee]

Kinda useless to me right now, I transferred the remaining funds I had in mine a few months ago.

 

[macsplusmacs]

Everything Passkey!

 

[Cromulent]

Oh, this is cool. I hope the industry as a whole takes up passkeys. Combined with my Yubikey Bio, it'll make a big difference to security.

 

[lovehateapple]

Very excited about PassKeys. Hoping and Praying it lives up to its potential. 🤞🙏

 

[Glideslope]

PayPal=Danger.

 

[Zeke92]

What's the difference between passkey and Sign In with Apple?

 

[Glideslope]

Kinda useless to me right now, I transferred the remaining funds I had in mine a few months ago.

Smart move. 😉

 

[Shin-Ra]

Bit of useful info missing from the story:

PayPal passkeys will start rolling out today to customers in the U.S.. PayPal passkeys will become available in additional countries early in 2023, and on additional technology platforms as they add support for passkeys.

 

[adammusic]

Can’t find the option to create a passkey on their site anywhere.

Paypals app and website is a complete disaster nowadays

 

[vegetassj4]

Thank goodness. My passwords were getting way too long to remember:

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[Haust]

Deleted my account. PayPal thinks it’s in charge of what people can say. Can’t steal what they don’t have.

 

[CapitalIdea]

What's the difference between passkey and Sign In with Apple?

Biometrics without needing to align with any particular provider.

 

[Robert.Walter]

I like the idea of FIDO passkeys but am concerned they give my identity away.

I tried it with eBay and I see that it created an authentication key (in addition to the existing e/m and p/w based key) which has my real legal name as the username. I’m not keen on that given there are numerous online accounts where I use an alias.

I’ve not seen any real discussion that converting to FIDO passkeys gives away your real name (assuming you used it for your apple account). Would like to see some analysis on this.

 

[MacLawyer]

This works only if PayPal approves your social credit score. 😂

 

[CapitalIdea]

Deleted my account. PayPal thinks it’s in charge of what people can say. Can’t steal what they don’t have.

PayPal is in charge of who they do business with, the same as any private enterprise. Stop trying to shoehorn the first amendment where it has no place.

 

[squirrelist]

What's the difference between passkey and Sign In with Apple?

Sign In With Apple sends your request to Apple servers. It takes a bit longer because there is a third party involved. If for some reason Apple is down or blocked on your network you can't log in. And it's tied to your Apple account. Passkeys are authenticated directly between your device and the service. Passkeys are a standard that Google and Microsoft are also behind, so it makes it easier for web developers to develop a single system that works for everyone. In short, one is proprietary, the other is a standard.

 

[Cromulent]

You should read this if you are interested:

Passkeys - Apple Developer

Passkeys are easier to use than passwords and far more secure. Adopt passkeys to give people a simple, secure way to sign in to your apps and websites across platforms — with no passwords required.

developer.apple.com

 

[mansplains]

This will save them!

 

[Zeke92]

Sign In With Apple sends your request to Apple servers. It takes a bit longer because there is a third party involved. If for some reason Apple is down or blocked on your network you can't log in. And it's tied to your Apple account. Passkeys are authenticated directly between your device and the service. Passkeys are a standard that Google and Microsoft are also behind, so it makes it easier for web developers to develop a single system that works for everyone. In short, one is proprietary, the other is a standard.

Honestly, thanks so much for your kind and clear response.

 

[Shin-Ra]

eBay’s legacy biometric sign-in is temporary and single-device. Not compatible with the intention of passkeys.

Only the original device that creates a passwordless login is prompted for future passwordless logins and it only works until web browser data is cleared.

 

[Cheesehead Dave]

How does this work if you share your Paypal account with another person, such as a spouse? i.e. if I create a passkey, is my wife not able to log in at all?

 

[jetjaguar]

Screw paypal

 

[Shin-Ra]

How does this work if you share your Paypal account with another person, such as a spouse? i.e. if I create a passkey, is my wife not able to log in at all?

Through Settings > Passwords you can share a passkey with a trusted person using AirDrop.

 

[-DMN-]

PayPal is hot garbage